Hanger for seed corn



Y Dec'. 21 1926.

F". D. WELLS HANGER FOR SEED CORN Filed July 14,

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Unirse stares FARMER D. W'ELLS, 0F GARY, INDIANA.

HANGER. FOR SEED CORN.

Application filed July 14, 19126.

This .inventirnl relates to hangers or racks for seed corn and the like, and is chiefly characterized by providing a sheet metal strip which is adapted to be hung in a vertical position, and which is providedwith lugs bent outwardly to provide notches for receiving the heads of nails which have been' forced into the end of the ears of corn, the lugs providing an offset engaging surface for holding the ears at right angles to the strip.

In preparing Seed corn it is necessary to thoroughly dry the corn on the cob, and heretofore the usual custom has been to tie the husks of t-he ears together and throw the bundles thus formed over a rafter in' a barn or some such place, and leave the seed corn hanging until spring. ln such haphazard methods the ears were apt to hang in contact with each other, with the result that some of the kernels were not properly dried and became moldy. Then, when the corn was planted, a good deal of the corn would not germinate, or would produce inferior plants.

Therefore, the main objects of this invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive hanger for seed corn, in which the ears of corn are supported in uniform spaced rela* tion with all of the kernels exposed for ventilation; to provide a hanger in which the separate ears are accessible for inspection and may be removed or re-adjusted without disturbing all of the remaining ears; and to provide a hanger which may be assembled in sections into the lengths desired, and in which the ears may be mounted in a simple, easy manner.

An illustrativeembodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing several of the racks connected together.

Fig. 2 is an elevation on an enlarged scale of one ot the racks.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2, and also illustrates the manner in which the ears are mounted.

Fig. e shows a perspective view of the preferred form of certain details of construction. l

Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show additional modified forms.

Referring tothe drawings, the sheet metal strip 1 is provided with a hook 2 at theup- Serial No. 122,390.

per end, so that the rack strips may be attached to such supports as the wire 3 in Fig. 1. The lower end' of the rack 1 is provided -with an aperture l so that several sections may be hooked together, as shown in Fig. 1. The edge of the strip 1 is provided with spaced notches 5 by making a transverse cut and a vertical eut at the inner end of the lirst cut, and bending the lugs 6 thus formed outwardly. Preferably a recess 7 is formed in the central portion of the strip at the bottom of the notch to prevent the spike 8 from slipping sidewise.

The spike 8 is driven into the pith in the base end of the ear of corn with a short portion of the head end of the spike protruding, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The ears are then mounted by 'inserting the heads of the spikes into the notches, starting from the bottom of the strip and working upwardly. The adjacent lugs 6 are bent oppositely so that the same number of ears are on the opposite sides of the strip for balancing. rlhe shank of the spike rests in the reress 7 in the bottom of the notch, and the lug 6 engages near the head of the spike in odset relation with the lower support so that the ears are held in substantially horizontal positions.

Also, the notches may be formed by bending boththe portions above and below the transverse cut in opposite directions, with a curved bend, as shown in Fig. 5, or with an angular bend, as shown in Fig. 6.

The device is extremely simple and inexpensive and supports the corn in orderly ,spaced relation. The support wires 3 may be strung in any suitable place, and the racks put together and hooked onto the wires. The rows of ears will extend laterally to the length of the wire so that a great number of ears may be hung in a restricted space. By making the racks in` short sections, large packages are avoided in shipping and storing, but the racks may be conveniently assembled into such lengths as are suitable for the particular location.

Although but one specilic embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without Vdeparting from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

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l. In a sccd corn hanger, 2L rack comprising nV strip of sheet metal having a hook on one end for attaching the raf-k to L Snitahlc support', the rack having` lugs hcnt outwardly to provide notches lor roc-civili@- spilics forced into thc ends ot' thc cnrs of corn.

2. In :1 sccd corn hangcr, :1 rack comprising :1. Strip ot sheet nieta-l lntving; n hook on one end tor attaching thc rack to n Suitable support, thc strip ot' sli-ect metal hn g upi crturcs spaced along` the lcnggth for rcccii'- ing spikes lorccd into thc Qnds ot the czns o'i corn :ind supporting the cars in spaced relation.

3. ln zt seed corn hangin', a ruck for pendantljgvv attaching to :t suitable support, thc rack having notches along thc edge 'for rccciving; the ends of spikes forced into 'thc ends of the cars ot corn :1nd holding thc.

spikes with thc cars in spaced positions Suh- .Stzintially :it right angles to the rack.

4. In n, seed corn hanger, :L pendant rack coniprising :L strip ot sheet metal having;` notches cnt in the cdgc with the inctafl above thc notches bent outwardly to hold car mounting spikes inserted in thc notches in Substantially horizontal position.

ln a Seed Corn hanger, a pendant rack comprising u strip of shcct metal having;l notches cnt in thc edge with thc incteil :ihovc thc rotchcsv hcnt outii'zirdly to hold car nnnniting .spikes inserted in thc notches in substantially horizontal. position, and rcccSS- cs 'liorincd in the lower edges ot thc notches; to hold the spikcs troni Slippin sidcwisc.

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